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DishPointer Augmented Reality

Point your phone towards the sky and see on the live camera screen where the satellites are, any line of sight (LoS) issues by trees or buildings and the look angles. Couldn't be easier to install your dish with this augmented reality satellite finder. As a professional installer said: "Invaluable, gets the job done in half the time".
Category Price Seller Device
Productivity $9.99 DP Technologies Ltd iPhone, iPad, iPod

Works best on the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 since they have an internal compass. On the 3G and iPod Touch it works like an inclinometer - see the notes below.

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See video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFtcgYRcu4
or search "DishPointer Youtube"
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BusinessWeek: "Best iPhone Augmented Reality Apps for Business - Tracking Satellites in Space - DishPointer AR Pro"

Wall Street Journal: "An enterprise app"

Tele-Satellite: "Award winning DishPointer App: It's never been this easy to check satellite reception"

"As a broadcast professional, this app is unvaluable" UplynxSteve, Broadcaster

"I have never had so much value out of a program. I dumped a BB Bold because I needed this app!" 1955jmgs, Professional V-Sat Installer

"Revolutionary product, truly one if not the best app I have ever used for my line of work", Super Canadian, Professional Installer

"Worth every Penny!..It worked just as it says", tnterrapin, DIY-Installer

Features
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+ Augmented Reality, see the satellites on the display
+ Works world wide at any location with any satellite
+ Does not require cell signal or internet access
+ Select the satellites to be displayed from a list
+ Add or delete your own satellites to/from the list (PRO)
+ Displays satellite settings (azimuth, elevation, skew) and current magnetic as well as true heading for the screen center
+ Clarke Belt (satellite arc) is shown from east to west - all geostationary satellites are along this arc
+ When moving the iPhone laterally or vertically, the arc and the satellites move in real time with the live image
+ Ability to lock the compass, i.e. the arc won't move laterally anymore
+For 3G users, ability to enter a lateral reference point, such as a manual compass reading or an existing satellite position
+ Ability to enter location

Why get the Pro version?
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+ Add your own satellites to the list, update them whenever you want - complete independence when satellite positions change or new ones appear - no need to wait for an official update. For business critical missions a must.
+Be on the safe side for future updates and new features. Pro version always take priority over the standard version.

Usage instructions
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3GS/4 users:
1. Switch it on and tap AR View button
2. In camera mode, look at the bottom label and rotate iPhone until it heads towards south (true heading = 180°). (People located on the southern hemisphere should point the iPhone north).
3. Lift the iPhone and watch the satellites appear
4. Move the device laterally and see the satellites moving too
5. Compass is sensitive to interferences but and works best when device is held flat. You can lock the compass in that position and lift the iPhone up but don't move it laterally then.

3G/iPod Touch users:
1. As above but set the lateral reference mode first. The app needs to know in which direction you are pointing the iPhone. So either enter a manual compass bearing compensated for magnetic declination or a satellite position if you have already a working satellite or used DishPointer Maps for a reference Point.
2. Lift the iPhone up and see the arc but don't move the iPhone laterally, as it won't get shifted.

NOTE: The app does not require Cell or internet, works on its own.

If you have any problems or feedback, please drop us a line at [email protected]. We are anxious to make this product work perfectly for every one of you.

DishPointer® is a registered trademark of DP Technologies Ltd

Reviews

No longer works
Huffamoose

No updates for iPhone


Know what you are buying
I don't have another

While I still do not find this app useful and would recommend to anyone thinking of buying it to read carefully all descriptions and uses, I do want to say that the developer has been most kind to me and took care of me, as has Apple. Thank you both and I will be more scrutinizing in future purchases from the app store. Thank you Alan you are a gentleman.


Sat Breeze
Original-Bigbadal

The best tool for sat instalers anywhere if you have the 3GS. I tell every installer I meet to get this timesaving tool that makes choosing your dish placement a breeze. The one function missing is ability to snap a pic in camera mode, that would be BIG!!! AL


dont waste your money!
cc1179

It's too inaccurate to point anything with, and there are no refunds... I still had to use my old pointer.


Amazing!
djexer

I've had this app for a year now and use it every time I do a survey. It's is tremendous help! I'm also a satellite engineer and use it all the time! It is truly a magnificent thing to have. Absolutely love it!


Awesome!
cyberlian

It saved me a $100 service call. A tree had apparently grown up in the line of sight of our HD-specific satellite. I would have never thought that this paticular tree was the issue. The tree was far to the right and the satellite did not appear to be "pointed" towards it, but after cutting the tree, we now we have our channels back. Our HD is back just in time for football season... Great app!


Don
Icaruspr

I got this app for my new Ipod Touch 4g and it runs fine but because the lack of a actual compass or gps chip on the ipod the app can't locate the sats. You have to manually imput a known location for a sat to be able to pic up the sats on that part of the ark. For example If you allready have a dish pointed to 119 and want to know where is 61.5 you can choose the 119 sat and It will give you the sats from 129 to about 82, that's it. I'm shure this is a great app for people with compass and gps on their device, but not for the Ipod Touch 4G. A waste of $10.00


Right On Target
Stik_em_up

I don't write many reviews but for this app I had to. Used with an iPhone 4. I full-time RV, have Dish and usually let the auto-setup of my Winegard Carryout find the satellites. I had been parked for over a month at an RV park and had several trees overhead. I had over the weeks been moving my Carryout dish on my roof trying to find a clear shot to the sky, with no perfect line. So while standing on top of my 38' fifth-wheel I down loaded this app. I then laid down on the roof so the phone would be at the same level as the Carryout dish. I moved to about 6 different spots until I found one that showed the sky exactly where I needed it. I moved my Carryout dish to that spot and it's been a perfect signal ever since! Great App!!!


A must for campers
vivlee1121

A must for campers. Found my satellite in seconds. Wish I had known about this sooner, hubby could have watched his ballgame while we were camping.


A Great APP
Flytyer2

Version 2.1 is perfect for me. I use the iPod Touch 4 which has a camera and WIFI, but no compass or GPS. This version works great for the new iTouch 4 because when you do not have WIFI locations services, you can maually enter your location coordinates and with a hand held compass see the relative locations of the satellites you may be using. I took the iTouch to 2 difficult sites where we had trouble with the western arc birds. Right away I saw we had to relocate one dish and adjust another. Now we have strong reliable signals. Many thanks to the developer of this APP !!


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